C-phycocyanin: a biliprotein with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects.

By C. Romay, R. González, N. Ledón, D. Remírez, V. Rimbau. Current protein and peptide science, 2003

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Phycocyanin from Microalgae: Properties, Extraction and Purification, with Some Recent Applications (2018, positive): “8–10 The use of some groups of microalgae to obtain C-PC is advantageous for a number of reasons, such as their high biomass production per area, the use of inhospitable places for their cultivation, a lack of crop shortfall, and the fact that they do not compete for intended for food production.”
Effect of light and temperature on the cyanobacterium Arthronema africanum - a prospective phycobiliprotein-producing strain (2007, background): “Recently, phycocyanin has been reported to exhibit a variety of pharmacological properties, e.g., antioxidative, antiinflammatory, neuroprotective and hepatoprotective effects ( Romay et al. 2003 ).”
Potentials and applications of algal pigments in biology and industry (2007, background): “Apart from being mere food colorants, the pharmaceutical value and other beneficial uses of these compounds are also well documented (Romay et al. 2003).”
Cyanobacteria: A Precious Bio-resource in Agriculture, Ecosystem, and Environmental Sustainability (2016, neutral): “…and a number of unexplored bioactive compounds (Nakamura et al., 1982; Garcia_Pichel et al., 1993; Bohm et al., 1995; Rimbau et al., 2001; Sinha et al., 2001; Kedar et al., 2002; Rissanen et al., 2002; Romay et al., 2003; Benedetti et al., 2004; Rajeev and Xu, 2004; Subhashini et al., 2004).”